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J. FEDERKIEWICZ' AND M. OLSZAK. COMBINED KNIFE AND'WIRE CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED Mylo 1918.

1,303,277; I v Patented May13, 1919.

f/VVENTOES Jaw/v F0EPMEWMZ MARC/N OLJZAK.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FEDERKIEWICZ, 0F YARDLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND MARCIN OLSZAK, OF

TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED KNIFE AND WIRE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1919.

Application filed May 10, 1918. Serial No. 233,667.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN FnonnKmwIoz, a citizen of Poland, residing at Yardley, county of Bucks, and State of Pennsylvania; and I, MAROIN OLSZAK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, county of Mercer, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Knives and Wire-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in weapons, and particularly to types in which a knife blade having a fixed handle, is combined with a pivoted shear blade, which, acting cooperatively with the knife blade, can be used as a wire cutter.

The main object of the invention is to provide a combination implement of the type described, the parts being so arranged as to present no unsightly or unusual appearance.

Other objects are in the provision of means by which the cutter blade may be operatively extended and readily actuated without ponflicting with the ordinary purposes of the mife.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a ma terial part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view, showing an implement made in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away in order to disclose the construction, and

Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional view, taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

The invention is very simply constructed, being comprised of two side handle elements,

respectively-10 and 12, joined by screws 11 or like fastening means, those at the front being used to secure the knife blade 14, having a double beveled cutting edge 15, which extends to the point 16.

Formedbetween the handle elements is a recess 18, the same being curved and suited to receive the shear blade 20, the extending upper end 21 of which passes through the open recess at the back of the knife handle and is pivoted upon one of the front screws 11 in the manner shown in Fig. 1.

The lower edge. of shear bl e 21, is

formed with a beveled edge 22, adapted to act cooperatively with the similar beveled edge 23, formed on the back of the knife blade 14 in an obvious manner. 1

The lower extending portion of the shear blade 20 has secured to it a plate 24, the same being adapted to be used as a contact element for the fingers in operation, and also when the shear blade is in a retracted position, within the handle, to act as a cover for the recess, thereby leaving a. smooth, level, lower surface for the hand, in no way interfering with its operation.

The outer end of the lever or handle element 20 has a recess 25, an outstanding lug 26 being at the extreme end, engageable with which is a detent 28, formed with a slide 29, containing an open slot 30, movable on the pin 31, set in the handle, so that the shear blade handle, when inclosed within the knife handle, may beheld rigidly therein, it being normally pressed out into operative position, due to the tension of a flat spring 32, held by a pin 33 within the hollow handle.

In operation, when the shear blade lever is in an inclosed position, within the handle, the knife may be used for any ordinary purpose that may be desired. If it be required to out wire or the likethe slide plate 29 is drawn outwardly freeing the shear blade, which is instantly pressed outwardly by the spring 32 into position for convenient operation, and, obviously when the shear blade is not required it is held in an inclosed position by the sliding plate.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a practical and essential tool has been dis closed, which is capable of continuous and effective service.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'The combination with a manually operable knife having a recessed handle, of a beveled edge formed at the back of said knife, adapted to act as one element of a wire cutter, a lever pivoted in the recess of said handle, one end of said lever acting coiiperatively with the beveled ege of said knife blade as a wire cutter, the o posits ends of said lever mending three the recess said handle, a plate secured to said level, engageahle with said sliding detentz, wheresaid ,plateacting as a cover for the recess by .said lever is held when within said '10 WllGDr'SZllCllBVGT is inelosed in said handle, a handle.

flat curved spring secured in said recess In testimony whereof we have affixed our adapted to press said lever outward, a slidsignatures.

jug-slotted and recessed detent at the end of said handle containing an open -s'l0t,'-anda JOHN FEDERKIEVICZ.

lug formed at the extreme end of said lever MARCIN OLSZAK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five '-cents'- ea-ch, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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